Q: Is 20,017,602 a Composite Number?

Why is 20,017,602 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 20,017,602 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 17 18 19 22 33 34 38 51 57 66 99 102 114 153 171 187 198 209 306 313 323 342 374 418 561 626 627 646 939 969 1,122 1,254 1,683 1,878 1,881 1,938 2,817 2,907 3,366 3,443 3,553 3,762 5,321 5,634 5,814 5,947 6,886 7,106 10,329 10,642 10,659 11,894 15,963 17,841 20,658 21,318 30,987 31,926 31,977 35,682 47,889 53,523 58,531 61,974 63,954 65,417 95,778 101,099 107,046 117,062 130,834 175,593 196,251 202,198 303,297 351,186 392,502 526,779 588,753 606,594 909,891 1,053,558 1,112,089 1,177,506 1,819,782 2,224,178 3,336,267 6,672,534 10,008,801 and 20,017,602, with no remainder.

Since 20,017,602 cannot be divided by just 1 and 20,017,602, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).